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Hundreds of treatments for herniated disc are advertised on the Internet and everyone is confused. First of all, it is a learned knowledge that most alternative treatments do not have a serious response. So why do patients show interest in these treatments? Normally, only 1% of lower back hernias are surgical. Once upon a time, this figure reached 40% in our country. This means that a lot of unnecessary surgery is done. On the other hand, it is among the known facts that most of the patients who underwent surgery did not benefit significantly from the operation, and that recurrent hernias occur. These experiences lead people to non-surgical treatment options.
Anyone who has experienced a lower back hernia knows what it is. As a mechanism; It is the event that the cushion called the disc between the vertebrae becomes cambered and presses on the nerves by creating bubbles. In this situation, which usually compresses a single nerve, whichever nerve is compressed, it causes problems to be felt in the areas from the waist to the toes. These effects are most commonly seen as pain below the knee and around the ankle. Effects in lower back hernia occur in 2 ways 1- direct pressure of the hernia on the nerve 2- some substances secreted from the herniated disc cause swelling and inflammation in the nerves, similar to an allergic reaction. That is, it creates a chemical irritation. Treatment aims to correct these two mechanisms: to eliminate mechanical pressure and to prevent chemical irritation.
Although it is generally called a hernia, there are 4 different types of hernia according to the MR images in lower back hernias. The lightest is the bulging hernias in the initial state, and the most severe are the burst hernias called extruded.
With your complaints, doctor's examination and MRI, the diagnosis of lower back hernia can be easily understood and made. The important thing is how the treatment will be. It is important to decide whether to treat with or without blood, with or without a scalpel.
A lower back hernia is usually characterized by severe, unbearable pain in one leg. It may be accompanied by pain, burning, numbness, tingling and pins-and-needles sensation. In very advanced hernias, undesirable and surgical conditions such as loss of strength, inability to walk on the heel or toes, thinning of the leg, inability to hold large or small ablution may occur.
"Ozone microdiscectomy", which is a new method for lower back pain, hernia pain hitting the arms or legs, is the application of "discolysis" or "ozone nucleolysis". It is the process of shrinking the hernia by injecting ozone into the hernia tissue, removing the pressure on the nerves and eliminating the pain. This term is used because it is called ozone microdiscectomy and has similar clinical results with surgical microdiscectomy. In short, it is stated in the literature that it is as effective a treatment method as open surgery. Discolysis is an effective method that can be performed in a short time without surgery, without anesthesia, without blood. It can be said that this method is ideal if patients with clinically lower back pain, pain spreading to the legs or arms and hernia detected in the MR image do not respond to drug therapy or physical therapy applications and the pain continues.
It has greater advantages over other methods applied in lower back and neck hernias. Since it is a natural treatment, it never harms the body, it has almost no side effects. Its advantage over other methods is that it is brief, inexpensive, the patient can leave the hospital on foot post-treatment, does not cause job discontinuation, and the procedure does not have any mechanical damage. In other applications, for example, if open surgery is performed under anesthesia, more tissue is taken from that area, which may lead to a decrease in disc distance and degeneration of the disc. Recurrence and adhesion events are always potential complications and carry problems that are difficult to treat.
With this method, which has been applied to thousands of patients to date, patients suffering from lower back and neck hernia have been relieved of their complaints. The procedure is performed in the presence of moving imaging devices and takes about five to ten minutes. During the intervention, the patient is awake and can go home after the procedure. In applications, there is no risk of harming the patient in experienced hands.
Normal Disc Side View:
Normal Disc And Nerves Top View:
Image Showing the Source of Pain in Lower Back or Neck Hernia Appearance:
During the process, the tissues inside the disc mummify, dry out, the disc cannot hold water, which means it cannot swell. Therefore, it cannot secrete substances that cause pain.
In technically sterile conditions, the herniated discs are entered with the help of imaging devices, ozone gas is given, and if the nerve under pressure is excessively swollen, injecting a cocktail of ozone + steroid mixture into the nerve root is effective, which will save you from the newly formed hernia, which takes only 5 minutes and you can go home on foot. It is a natural treatment option with no side effects. Promising results are obtained in lower back hernia treatments with ozone. The patient does not take narcosis, and this application, which is without scalpel and bloodless, is preferred by patients because of its satisfactory results. A one-time application is sufficient.
Even if ozone therapy is applied repeatedly, it does not have any negative effects on surgical interventions that may be required afterwards. Even during the operation, some surgeons who have knowledge about ozone give ozone to the nerve roots and benefit from the healing and edema-solving effects of ozone.
You have to be realistic. You should not pay much attention to exaggerated suggestions such as "You will be paralyzed, you need to have an operation immediately". As we mentioned above, only 1% of lower back hernias are surgical.
We also need to correct a misconception. Not every lower back pain is a lower back hernia. On the other hand, not every lower back hernia is surgical. The offer of surgery for lower back hernia is valid only if there are symptoms such as progressive loss of strength, loss of reflexes, and inability to hold ablution. Pain is not a reason for surgery, surgery is not performed for pain.
In fact, even if you do not receive any treatment, there is a possibility that your hernia will heal on its own within 6 weeks. However, if you are suffering from pain, you can use pain relievers and muscle relaxants, or you can relax the lower back muscles that spasm due to pain by warming them with physical therapy. Do not immediately consider surgery in cases where results cannot be obtained.
Today, the development of information and technological possibilities has brought interventional treatment methods to the fore instead of surgery. However, these methods require experience and skill. The most natural one of these treatment methods is ozone therapy.
